THE prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann may have had a female accomplice according to a new witness.

A new witness last night suggested the mysterious 30-minute phone call Christian B is alleged to have made before snatching the tot could have been to a girlfriend.

The German woman – who has been quizzed by McCann cops in her home country – is said to have been much closer to convicted child sex fiend Christian B than was thought.

And she could hold vital clues which could help charge the 43-year-old predator with Madeleine’s abduction from her parent’s Praia da Luz holiday apartment in May 2007.

New claims were aired last night by Sandra Felgueiras, a Portuguese investigative reporter with the RTP channel who interviewed a former associate of the now middle-aged woman.

The male friend said he was with her when she answered a call from a German man – believed to be Christian B – who told her he was about to rob an empty house.

Details also emerged about a suitcase containing ten thousand euros targeted in the raid at Praia da Gale near Albufeira – six month after Madeleine went missing.

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Felgueiras identifies the woman – who is not being named by The Sun for legal reasons – and suggests she was an “accomplice” of career criminal Christian B.

Phone records released last month by German cops revealed a 30-minute mobile phone call was made next to the McCanns’ Ocean Club apartment just before she disappeared.

Police appealed for information from anyone who may know the identity of the person the suspect called, revealing they may hold the key to the 13-year mystery.

Christian B is currently in prison in Germany after being convicted in December of violently raping a 72-year-old woman yards from the McCann crime scene in 2005.

His lawyers told the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg that his seven-year sentence for the rape should be overturned on a technicality.

They claim he was tried for the rape after being extradited on from Italy on child molestation and drug charges, breaching international law.

A decision will be announced within weeks which could see the danger man released immediately.

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